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Aug. 1971 Lake County, COLORADO. 40 sheep were found dead, their carcasses
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"blistered", after a Basque rancher
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saw a helicopter go over his flock. (Ref. 1)
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Mar. 1973 Sarpy County, NEBRASKA. A wave of cattle rustling and
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sightings occurred here. (Ref. 1)
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Apr. 1973 Near Corydon, Wayne County, IOWA. A farmer spotted a helicopter hovering
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above a pasture, shining a spotlight to
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the ground. Lawmen in 20 vehicles unsuccessfully
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gave chase. (Ref. 2)
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Apr. 17, 1973 Near Mark, Davis County, IOWA. Sometime during Early AM. A non-bubble-type chopper rose out of a
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Early AM field, headed north then turned south toward
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the Missouri line, then vanished. (Ref. 3)
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1973 Audubon County, IOWA. When a deputy saw a helicopter hovering
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over a farm, he turned off the lights
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on his cruiser and the lights on the
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helicopter went out. Hog-rustlings had
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occurred in the area. (Ref. 4)
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Apr. 1973 Carroll County, ARKANSAS. Exact date unknown, likely April or May.
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One night, a woman searched on foot for
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her dog in a rural area near Berryville.
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She saw what appeared to be a silver
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helicopter sitting on an adjacent golf
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course. Approaching a clearing, she saw
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humans in white coats or uniforms, plus
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2 non-humans she had encountered weeks
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before - all gathered over a horse which
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seemed to be in pain. She was spotted, ran
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through the woods, back by the golf course
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(the helicopter was gone). She was "zapped"
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with something, burning her, making her
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ill. This is the "Ordeal In Arkansas"
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case from STIGMATA #4(1978). At that time,
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it was not known that the event actually
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occurred in 1973. (Ref. 21)
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May. 3, 1973 Near Rome, Henry County, IOWA. Six witnesses saw a dark green helicopter
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flying low over pastures. (Ref. 5)
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1973 near Percy, Randolph County, ILLINOIS. Exact date unknown. Farmer saw green
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helicopter without markings. 3 to 4 days later, 35 head of cattle turned up missing. (Ref. 6)
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1973 Jersey County, ILLINOIS. A "white, unmarked cargo-type
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helicopter" was observed by Mrs. Phyllis Beutell and her son as
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the craft lifted up from a field containing cattle. A neighbor's
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cow disappeared a day or 2 later. (Ref. 7)
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Summer, 1973 Lincoln County, MINNESOTA. Two or three reports of low-flying
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helicopters circling cattle in
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fields. At least one mutilation
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occurred in the area in May. (Ref. 8)
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1973 Ottawa & Cloud Counties, KANSAS. Reports of low-flying helicopters
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without lights "all summer long",
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preceding a mutilation wave that
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erupted in August. Cloud County
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Sheriff Fred Modlin said helicopters
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had been seen over cattle loading pens. (Ref. 9)
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Jul. 1973 Sainte Genevieve, Reynolds and Iron Counties, MISSOURI. Several mystery helicopter reports, plus rustling
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complaints in latter 2 counties. (Ref. 10)
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Aug. 1973 Perry County, MISSOURI. Deputy Louis Layton reported seeing
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evening an unmarked transport-type
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helicopter over a ranch near St. Marys. (Ref. 11)
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Aug. 15, 1973 Saint Francois County, MISSOURI. Mid August. Two deputies watch helicopter hovering
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20-25 feet over cattle on a ranch. (Ref. 12)
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Aug. 20, 1973 Between Chester and Red Bud, Randolph County, ILLINOIS.
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A helicopter was observed which matched "the description of the
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one suspected of being used for "rustling". (Ref. 13)
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Aug. 21, 1973 Union County, ILLINOIS. A Mr. Peters fired two warning
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21:00 shots over a helicopter which he
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observed hovering low and shining
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a light on his cattle. The chopper,
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described as "quiet-running",
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turned out its lights and fled. (Ref. 14)
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Aug. 22, 1973 Union County, ILLINOIS. Witness heard sound of an apparent
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helicopter for 30 minutes near Jonesboro. (Ref. 15)
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Aug. 25, 1973 Lincoln & Pike Counties, MISSOURI. Also Aug. 26-27th. 41 reports of unmarked helicopters
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were received by the Pike County sheriff. (Ref. 16)
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Aug. 28, 1973 Pike County, ILLINOIS. Lights on a helicopter suddenly went
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out as a deputy watched. Radar picked
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up low-flying aircraft slowly circling
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in Pike and Adams Counties. (Ref. 17)
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Sep. 9, 1973 Saint Francois County, MISSOURI. A low-flying "Army-type helicopter"
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upsets a man's cattle, flying over
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several times. The witness, through
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field glasses, notes a "large white
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spot" near the tail of the chopper. (Ref. 19)
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Sep. 1973 Near Pond, Saint Louis County, MISSOURI. Or Oct.
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James Hagler, a victim of pig-nappers,
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saw a helicopter over his property on
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3 occasions. The third time, he was
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fired upon from the chopper. Hagler
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fired back, then someone on the ground
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fired at Hagler. Law officers searched
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but found nothing. After they left, Hagler
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was fired upon again. A second
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search was again fruitless. (Ref. 20)
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1974 Long Island, NEW YORK. Unmarked, charcoal-black "Chinook"
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helicopter lands on a beach early one
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morning. Men in black pajama-type uniforms
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& carrying M-16 rifles get out;
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threaten local lawman who asks too
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many questions. Other choppers, black
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but smaller, seen out over ocean. Reportedly,
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Air Force was transporting
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warheads; one chopper had trouble and
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had to land. The men in the Chinook
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were said to be a security unit protecting
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the downed craft. (Ref. 9)
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Jul. 1974 Pottawattamie County, IOWA. Twenty shots were fired from a black
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twin-engine plane and a white helicopter
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at Robert Smith as he cultivated
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a cornfield on his tractor. Neither
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craft was marked. Smith could see a
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figure brace himself against the
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helicopter door as he fired. Both the
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helicopter and the airplane had been
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seen over the area "all spring". (Ref. 1)
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Aug. 11, 1974 Knox County, NEBRASKA. Through Aug 14th. Helicopters, strange lights seen each
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evening night, said sheriff. In July, August, 7 mutilations occurred near Bloomfield. (Ref. 2)
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Aug. 14, 1974. Lancaster County, NEBRASKA. A helicopter hovered and directed
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a beam of light onto a pasture.
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A mutilated cow was found in the
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same pasture on 8-18-74. (Ref. 3)
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Aug. 15, 1974. Knox County, NEBRASKA. Through Aug 17th. Sheriff Herb Thompson reported
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night that helicopters were seen "every night". (Ref. 4)
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1974 Cedar County, NEBRASKA. Joel Dendinger, driving SW of
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night Hartington, saw a helicopter
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scanning his neighbor's field
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with a searchlight. A car was
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also seen shining a spotlight
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in the same direction. A dead
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cow - not mutilated - was found
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the next morning where the
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helicopter had been seen closest
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to the ground. (Ref. 10)
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Sep. 6, 1974 Antelope County, NEBRASKA. Mutilated calf found 9-6-74. No
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helicopters were seen that date
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but several sightings were reported
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in the Elgin area around
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that time. (Ref. 5)
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Sep. 14, 1974 Cedar County, NEBRASKA. Gerry Hochstein & Gerry Lammers
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21:30 saw a helicopter which they followed
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for 3 miles until it appeared
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to land on the Rudy Wesseln
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farm. A mutilated calf was
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found on the adjoining Kleinschmidt
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property 9-16-74. (Ref. 6)
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Oct. 1974 Holt County, Nebraska. Two unidentified helicopters
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sighted, one north and one south
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of Atkinson. At least two mutilations
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occurred in the county in October. (Ref. 7)
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Nov. 13, 1974 Madison County, NEBRASKA. A neighbor had seen a cow down
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20:35 on the Douglas Werkmeister farm
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Tuesday evening. It was examined
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Wednesday morning and found to
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be mutilated. The deafening popping
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sound of a helicopter was
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heard over the farm on Wed. night.
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A chopper circled low over other
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area farms that night. (Ref. 8)
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Jan. 22, 1975 Lamar County, TEXAS. Possibly-mutilated cow found at
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08:00 7:00 AM. Chopper seen circling
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about 1 hour later. (Ref. 1)
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Feb. 1975 Wood County, TEXAS. Early to mid-February.
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22:30 Mrs. A. D. Cruse said her family
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heard an "awfully loud" low-flying
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helicopter around 10:30 one night.
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A cow of theirs was found mutilated
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the next morning. Other mutilations
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occurred in the area. (Ref. 2)
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Feb. 1975 Hopkins County, TEXAS. Early to mid-February. There was at least one unidentified
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helicopter sighting in the
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county during a period in which
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two, possibly three, mutilations
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occurred. (Ref. 3)
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Feb. 6, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. A trooper was advised by a motorist
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08:00 that he saw a small, black
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helicopter as it lifted off the
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ground near Owentown, NE of Tyler.
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Mutilations were occurring
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in the area during this period. (Ref. 4)
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Feb. 6, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. An unidentified caller reported
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08:00 to the sheriff's office that a
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helicopter was seen along US highway
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271 north of Tyler. Something
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was hanging beneath the craft and
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the caller thought it looked like
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a calf. The report was classified
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as "unfounded" but is of interest
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in view of the other report in
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the same area at the same time (above). (Ref. 5)
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Feb. 6, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. Winona cattleman Billy Joe Davis
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22:30 had suffered 3 mutilations and
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patrolled his farm at night. He
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saw a helicopter with a bright
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blinking light on the sides and a
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constant white light underneath.
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The craft flew away as he approached it. (Ref. 6)
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Feb. 7, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. Billy Joe Davis had a helicopter
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22:30 sighting identical to that of the previous night. (Ref. 7)
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Feb. 8, 1975 Gregg County, TEXAS. Several reports of helicopters along
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the Sabine River bottoms. A
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mutilated cow was found on the
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Kenneth Johnson property in this
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area on 2-9-75. (Ref. 8)
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Feb. 1975 Bosque, Coryell, Hamilton County, TEXAS. Unidentified helicopters began a
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several-month flyover of these counties,
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spotlighting cattle herds. 3 mutes in Coryell Co. in Feb. (Ref. 9)
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Feb. 24, 1975 Camp County, TEXAS. Uncertain whether mutilations
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22:30 occurred here; but some did occur
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in adjoining Morris, Wood & Upshur
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Counties. On this night, law officers
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talked with the occupants of
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a landed helicopter. They claimed
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to be student pilots from Barksdale
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AFB in NW Louisiana. The
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exact location of this incident
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is unconfirmed but is believed to
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have been Camp County. (Ref. 10)
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Feb. 24, 1975 Kaufman County, Texas. A helicopter chased a car for 5
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evening miles near Becker. A mutilation
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had been discovered on 2-22-75 in
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Henderson Co., south of Becker.
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There were at least 4 additional
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helicopter sightings in Kaufman
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& Henderson Counties. (Ref. 11)
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Feb. 24, 1975 Kaufman County, TEXAS. Two deputies - Carl Hall and Alton
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evening Ashworth - each responded to separate
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reports of helicopters on
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the ground. When each drove up,
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they saw a helicopter which took
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off immediately. (Ref. 12)
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Feb. 25, 1975 Kaufman County, TEXAS. Other helicopter sightings occurred
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early after midnight. Also, undetailed
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reports from adjoining
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Henderson County. (Ref. 13)
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Feb. 25, 1975 Bexar County, TEXAS. Stanley Jasik was 1/4-mile away
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when he watched a silver helicopter
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land in a grassy field, 2
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miles from the San Antonio River.
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Jasik saw a dead cow in the area.
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The owner then examined the carcass
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on 2-26-75 and found it to
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be mutilated. (Ref. 14)
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Feb. 25, 1975 Kaufman County, TEXAS. Deputy Carl Hall reported that at
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evening least 3 helicopter sightings occurred
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in south and east Kaufman
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County. There was one report of a
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"red flare" seen by witnesses
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following the departure of a helicopter
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from the area. (Ref. 15)
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Feb. 27, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. A farmer watched an unmarked helicopter
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hover over his property.
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It flew away as he prepared to shoot at it. (Ref. 16)
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Mar. 1, 1975 Smith County, TEXAS. Est. date. TV reporter Horace McQueen rode
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with a trooper as they chased a
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low-flying chopper several miles. (Ref. 17)
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Mar. 4, 1975 Hartford County, CONNECTICUT. No mutilation link, but... An oval
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21:30 object emitting multi-colored lights
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was seen hovering over a field; observed
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by two witnesses for 45+ minutes.
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A helicopter flew near the object.
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Inquiries to determine the origin
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of the chopper were fruitless. (Ref. 131)
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Mar. 13, 1975 Gregg County, TEXAS. A "military helicopter" encountered
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icing problems in bad weather and had
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to land at the Dairy Queen in Liberty
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City. The pilot obtained an alternate
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flight plan from Barksdale AFB in NW
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Louisiana and resumed the trip. (Ref. 18)
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Mar. 1975 Bosque County, TEXAS. A continuation of a series of lowflying
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unidentified helicopter sightings
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that began in February. (Ref. 19)
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Apr. 6, 1975 Marshall County, KANSAS. SW of Marysville, farmer Art Seematter
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08:00 saw a helicopter go over his property.
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Later that day he found the carcass
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of a mutilated cow. The mutilation
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had occurred sometime since noon
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on April 5, 1975. (Ref. 20)
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May. 1975 Alamosa County, COLORADO. Early May. A helicopter with red, green and white
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lights on it was seen 3 nights in a
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row at about 10:00 PM over the Great
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Sand Dunes National Monument. No known
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mutilations occurred at that time although
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some occurred in late summer.
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This eastern and southern portion of
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the San Luis Valley is historically a
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mutilation and mystery helicopter-prone
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region (the "Snippy The Horse" event occurred
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here in 1967). (Ref. 21)
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May. 1975 Bosque County, TEXAS. The reports of low-flying helicopters
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spotlighting cattle ended (apparently)
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in May. In response to citizen complaints,
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the Federal Aviation Administration
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conducted an investigation in
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July and August. The Air Force denied
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having any helicopter activity in the
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area and, according to the FAA: "The
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Army was operating some helicopters in
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(the) area earlier this ye~r, but without
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more definite information on dates,
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times, etc., they cannot confirm any
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specific flights. They stated it is not
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their policy to fly at night with their
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lights off. Two military reservations
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are located to the south of the area in
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question: The Army's Fort Hood in Coryell
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County and Gray Air Force Base in
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Bell County. Cattle mutilations occurred
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in both counties, with one on Fort Hood
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May. 29, 1975 Elbert County, COLORADO. Daryl Evans of Elizabeth heard a
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evening helicopter over his property on
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the same night a heifer of his
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was mutilated. (Ref. 23)
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Jun. 19, 1975 Elbert County, COLORADO. Early AM. A rancher saw a red & white helicopter
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early land on a knoll 1/4-mile
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from his house, 16 miles SW of
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Kiowa. When a witness tried to
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reach the site, the chopper
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flew off. (Ref. 24)
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Jul. 17, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO. Three girls on horseback were
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18:00 chased by a low-flying helicopter around
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6:00 PM on the Frank
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Fuchs ranch. At 11:00 PM a helicopter
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returned to fly low over
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the ranch. A "brilliant white
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light" was seen on the bottom of
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the craft by the frightened witnesses.
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Another Witness who had
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seen a similar craft in the same
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area remarked that "once you see
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that bright light, you'll never
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forget it". (Ref. 25)
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Jul. 17, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO. Near the Frank Fuchs ranch, south
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19:00 of Ramah, RANCHLAND FARM NEWS
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editor-publisher John Hines saw
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a suspiciously-low-flying helicopter
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and photographed the
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craft. (Ref. 26)
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Jul. 17, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO. "A lot of helicopter activity"
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evening was reported in the Peyton area
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of NE El Paso County. An undetermined
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number of mutilated sheep
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were found near here on 7-12-75.
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In mid-to-late 1975, El Paso Co.,
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Elbert Co., and the eastern
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plains of Colorado experienced
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one of the most virulent epidemics
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of livestock mutilations on record. (Ref. 27)
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Jul. 23, 1975 Elbert County, COLORADO. Undersheriff Bill Waugh saw a
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helicopter west of the county
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seat of Kiowa. The craft could
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not be heard but its outline and
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its cockpit lights could be seen
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through binoculars by Waugh. (Ref. 28)
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Jul. 23, 1975 Teller County, COLORADO. Law officers, a military helicopter
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evening crew and civilian volunteers launched
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an unsuccessful air and ground
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search for a "mysterious aircraft",
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thought to be a helicopter, seen from
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east of Cripple Creek westward into
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Park County. The craft alternately
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flew with and without lights. It appeared
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to land near Guffey and
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ground lights were seen approaching
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the landing site. The craft was seen
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back in the Cripple Creek area before
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it finally vanished around 11:00 PM.
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At least 40 livestock mutilations
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had been reported in Teller and surrounding
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counties "in recent weeks". (Ref. 29)
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Jul. 27, 1975 Elbert County, COLORADO. Or early evening.
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afternoon In the Elizabeth area, two girls on
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foot reported being "chased" by a helicopter
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which flew off when a man on
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horseback approached. The chopper in
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this incident was allegedly photographed
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and tentatively identified as
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an "Army Bell Ranger". (Ref. 30)
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Aug. 7, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO.
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evening James Pavlica reported hearing a
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helicopter north of Calhan (see
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August 9th). (Ref. 31)
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Aug. 8, 1975 Near Franktown, Douglas County, COLORADO. A helicopter chased
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a rancher who had ridden out on a trail
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bike to check his cattle. (Ref. 32)
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Aug. 9, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO. As on August 7, James Pavlica heard a
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evening helicopter north of Calhan. On this
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date, Pavlica found a black angus
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steer dead and mutilated. (Ref. 33)
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Aug. 9, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was reported
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in the Crested Butte area. (Ref. 34)
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Aug. 1975 Elbert County, COLORADO. Or evening. A youth was baling hay on a tractor
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afternoon when a helicopter "buzzed" him. He fled
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to his house on the tractor; the helicopter
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followed and hovered over the
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house for several minutes. (Ref. 35)
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Aug. 1975 Morgan County, COLORADO. 2 separate reports on 1 day of a helicopter
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landing on ranches. Mutilations had occurred in the general area. (Ref. 36)
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Aug. 1975 Near Haxtun, Phillips County, COLORADO. A man chased the flashing lights of what he described
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as a helicopter. (Ref. 37)
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70
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Aug. 10, 1975 COLORADO. Week of August 10-16. A helicopter was chased off a
|
|
farm when it attempted to "take
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|
a pig". Later that same night,
|
|
a pig was taken from another
|
|
farm in the area. (Ref. 38)
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71
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Aug. 12, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter is seen
|
|
19:30 over the Gothic area. (Ref. 39)
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|
72
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|
Aug. 12, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. Unidentified helicopter over the
|
|
16:30 Saw Tooth area. During August, in
|
|
addition to several reports of
|
|
mystery helicopters, at least a
|
|
half-dozen livestock mutilations
|
|
occurred in the county. (Ref. 40)
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|
73
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Aug. 13, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was
|
|
seen over the rugged Marshall
|
|
Pass area along the Gunnison/Saguache County line. (Ref. 41)
|
|
74
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|
Aug. 15, 1975 Morgan County, COLORADO. A helicopter was heard over a
|
|
evening field near rancher Leon Irey's
|
|
house. One of Irey's calves was
|
|
found mutilated the next morning.
|
|
Irey had also been struck by mutilators
|
|
two weeks earlier. (Ref. 42)
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|
75
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Aug. 15, 1975 Weld County, COLORADO. Rancher Victor Hillman saw two
|
|
evening helicopters in his area, just
|
|
south of the Kimball County (Nebr.)
|
|
line. Hillman found, on 8-17-75,
|
|
a bull of his that had been mutilated. (Ref. 43)
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|
76
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|
Aug. 16, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was
|
|
20:45 reported over the Spring Creek area. (Ref. 44)
|
|
77
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|
Aug. 21, 1975 Logan County, Kimball County, NEBRASKA, and COLORADO. A low-flying helicopter was pursued
|
|
early by several law officers in
|
|
both counties (See Appendix for
|
|
a more detailed account). At one
|
|
point the chopper hovered over a
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|
SAC missile silo near Bushnell,
|
|
Nebraska. This last action would
|
|
turn out to be a precursor of
|
|
similar activity over military
|
|
installations in Montana, Maine
|
|
and Michigan in the following
|
|
months (again, see Appendix). (Ref. 45)
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|
78
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Aug. 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. Cows were mutilated on each of
|
|
three succeeding nights and were
|
|
found the following mornings. During
|
|
the first night, sheriff Ernest Sandoval
|
|
was cruising a dirt road when
|
|
he noticed a fire in a rocky area,
|
|
with a group of people around it.
|
|
The sheriff radioed for help. Immediately
|
|
the group of people ran to a
|
|
nearby helicopter and took off. (Ref. 132)
|
|
79
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|
Aug. 21, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. Leaving the sheriff's office after
|
|
discussing mutilation investigations
|
|
with Deputy David Ellis, Project Stigma
|
|
investigators Tom Adams and Gary
|
|
Massey drove south toward Saguache
|
|
County on Colorado highway 114. Nearing
|
|
the county line, they observed a
|
|
small helicopter (of the Hughes "Cayuse"
|
|
type) flying west-southwest across
|
|
the highway toward the Powderhorn Pinos Pass area, where a cattle
|
|
mutilation had occurred earlier in
|
|
the week. The helicopter was filmed
|
|
on Super 8 movie film as it passed
|
|
out of sight over a ridge. The distance
|
|
was too great to discern details. (Ref. 46)
|
|
80
|
|
Aug. 22, 1975 Kimball County, NEBRASKA. A low-flying helicopter which vanished
|
|
quickly was seen northwest of
|
|
Kimball. (Ref. 47)
|
|
81
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|
Aug. 26, 1975 Laramie County, WYOMING. Farm worker Fred Annance saw a helicopter
|
|
flying low around the bluffs
|
|
on a farm south of Pine Bluffs near
|
|
the Colorado line. Pilot Dave Butler
|
|
took to the air in a plane but did
|
|
not see the helicopter. Other strange
|
|
craft (nocturnal lights) and "many"
|
|
mutilated animals had been reported
|
|
in the area around this time. (Ref. 48)
|
|
82
|
|
Aug. 28, 1975 Gunnison County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was reported
|
|
14:30 near Taylor Park, in an area
|
|
where a mutilation occurred approx.
|
|
1 to l½ weeks previously. (Ref. 49)
|
|
83
|
|
Summer, 1975 Douglas County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter landed
|
|
briefly 300 feet from a house near
|
|
Franktown. The chopper was described
|
|
as the size of a "police helicopter";
|
|
solid metal, no bubble, "Army green",
|
|
with no markings. A woman witness was
|
|
reportedly "frightened almost to
|
|
death". (Refs. 50, 51)
|
|
84
|
|
Summer, 1975 Sedgwick County, COLORADO. A woman observed a helicopter making
|
|
"low passes" over a pasture
|
|
near Julesburg. (Ref. 52)
|
|
85
|
|
Aug. 1975 Huerfano County, COLORADO. Near La Veta, in August, two men
|
|
watched a helicopter on the ground
|
|
which quickly took off. (Ref. 53)
|
|
86
|
|
Sep. 1, 1975 Sedgwick County, COLORADO. Unidentified helicopter was seen
|
|
night flying low near Sedgwick. (Ref. 54)
|
|
87
|
|
Sep. 1, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. Deputy John Lobato observed an
|
|
night unidentified helicopter south of San Luis. (Ref. 55)
|
|
88
|
|
Sep. 2, 1975 Teller County, COLORADO. A small blue helicopter was seen
|
|
morning NE of Cripple Creek around 8:00
|
|
AM, then was reported hovering
|
|
over cattle west of Cripple Creek
|
|
an hour later. Shortly after that,
|
|
a helicopter was seen NW of Cripple
|
|
Creek. In this third sighting,
|
|
photos were reportedly taken of a
|
|
blue helicopter with a plain white
|
|
spot on the side. At least 2 very
|
|
recent livestock mutilations had
|
|
occurred in the county.(Ref. 56)
|
|
89
|
|
Sep. 2, 1975 Kimball County, NEBRASKA. An unidentified helicopter was
|
|
12:00 spotted near Kimball. (Ref. 57)
|
|
90
|
|
Sep. 2, 1975 Sedgwick County, COLORADO. Another low-flying helicopter was
|
|
night seen near Sedgwick, in the area of
|
|
a possible cattle mutilation -
|
|
the first in the county - discovered
|
|
on this date. (Ref. 58)
|
|
91
|
|
Sep. 2, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. Deputy John Lobato saw an unidentified
|
|
night helicopter south of San
|
|
Luis. Two mutilations occurred in
|
|
the county during the week, including
|
|
one discovered 9-3-75. (Ref. 59)
|
|
92
|
|
Sep. 3, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. Sheriff Ernest Sandoval saw what
|
|
15:00 he believed to be a helicopter flying south into New Mexico. (Ref. 60)
|
|
93
|
|
Sep. 3, 1975 Sedgwick County, COLORADO. A helicopter flying "underneath
|
|
night radar" was spotted in the area of Sedgwick. (Ref. 61)
|
|
94
|
|
Sep. 3, 1975 Los Angeles County, California. 8:00-11:00 PM
|
|
20:00 Near Tujunga, in the mountains
|
|
north of Burbank and Glendale.
|
|
Three witnesses watched a brilliant,
|
|
multi-colored, shapechanging
|
|
object high in the sky.
|
|
Also seen, with the naked eye and
|
|
with binoculars, was one, then 2,
|
|
helicopters which seemed to fly
|
|
in a cautious surveillance pattern
|
|
below the object. Watched off
|
|
& on for 3 hours before object &
|
|
1 chopper vanished together to the
|
|
west. All the witnesses eyes hurt
|
|
following the incident. Writer &
|
|
investigator Ann Druffel tried to
|
|
no avail to learn the source of the
|
|
helicopters. (Ref. 133)
|
|
95
|
|
Sep. 4, 1975 Weld County, COLORADO. Sheriff's personnel chased an unidentified
|
|
helicopter across rangelands
|
|
around dawn. The mutilated
|
|
carcass of a cow had been found in
|
|
the area. (Ref. 134)
|
|
96
|
|
Early Sep. 1975 Huerfano County, COLORADO. Two telephone company employees working
|
|
on a mountaintop relay system saw
|
|
a helicopter land in a field below.
|
|
One occupant got out then quickly reentered
|
|
and the copter flew away. On
|
|
the same date, two hours later,a deputy
|
|
saw a dark gray "bubble-top" helicopter
|
|
flying east out of Mosca Pass
|
|
(from the direction of the Great Sand
|
|
Dunes National Monument). The craft
|
|
had no markings and possessed, thought
|
|
the deputy, a "noise arrester". (Ref. 62)
|
|
97
|
|
Sep. 1975 Rio Grande County, COLORADO. A family saw a helicopter with something
|
|
like a "litter basket" hanging
|
|
beneath it. The yellow and red craft
|
|
flew over a ridge. The next day a mutilated
|
|
bull was found beyond the ridge (Ref. 63)
|
|
98
|
|
Sep. 1975 Park County, COLORADO. Several helicopter sightings and 2 or
|
|
3 mutilations occurred in the county.
|
|
On 2 occasions, Sheriff Norman Howey
|
|
observed a helicopter flying low
|
|
between ridges. (Ref. 64)
|
|
99
|
|
Sep. 6, 1975 Logan County, COLORADO. Weekend of September 6-7.
|
|
Two cattle mutilations and at least
|
|
ten mystery helicopter sightings were
|
|
reported during the weekend. (Ref. 65)
|
|
100
|
|
Sep. 6, 1975 Sedgwick County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was reported
|
|
southwest of Julesburg. (Ref. 66)
|
|
101
|
|
Sep. 7, 1975 Teller County, COLORADO. Week of September 7-11.
|
|
A green helicopter with "gas tanks" on
|
|
the side was observed on 2 occasions. (Ref. 67)
|
|
102
|
|
Sep. 14, 1975 Carbon County, WYOMING. Second week.
|
|
Residents of Savery area nearColorado
|
|
border reported unidentified
|
|
helicopters roaming the area and
|
|
flickering lights in the mountains
|
|
after a calf was found mutilated in
|
|
the area. (Ref. 135)
|
|
103
|
|
Sep. 12, 1975 Dallas County, TEXAS. Mrs. Nancy Hing saw and heard a helicopter
|
|
(an "old beat-up thing") flying
|
|
low and circling the Balch Springs
|
|
area east of Dallas. On the 13th, a
|
|
twin-engine plane was seen circling
|
|
a pasture where the mutilated carcass
|
|
of a cow was discovered the following
|
|
week. At least one other mutilation
|
|
occurred in the area during
|
|
that week. (Ref. 68)
|
|
104
|
|
Sep. 15, 1975 Cascade County, MONTANA. Deputy Arne Sand heard but did not
|
|
evening see what sounded like a helicopter,
|
|
though unlike any helicopter he had
|
|
ever heard - "more of a quiet whirr".
|
|
It was a clear night but Sand could
|
|
see nothing even when the craft
|
|
sounded as though it was directly
|
|
overhead. (Ref. 69)
|
|
105
|
|
Sep. 15, 1975 Teton County, MONTANA. Between Fort Shaw and Choteau, a
|
|
evening ranch couple saw a helicopter flying
|
|
south which turned off its lights
|
|
as they watched it. (Ref. 70)
|
|
106
|
|
Sep. 16, 1975 Albany County, WYOMING. An unidentified helicopter landed
|
|
23:00 on a mountain behind the ranch house
|
|
of Tod Sermon before taking off again
|
|
and turning on red, green and
|
|
white lights as it reached an altitude
|
|
of about 300 feet. (Ref. 71)
|
|
107
|
|
Sep. 19, 1975 Pueblo County, COLORADO. A family reported that a helicopter
|
|
night chased them as they drove in their
|
|
truck north of Boone. A second helicopter
|
|
appeared and the two flew
|
|
off quickly together. (Ref. 72)
|
|
108
|
|
Sep. 22, 1975 Kiowa County, COLORADO.
|
|
night Mystery helicopter seen near Eads. (Ref. 73)
|
|
109
|
|
Sep. 22, 1975 Pueblo County, COLORADO. On Sunday, the 21st, an independent
|
|
21:00 investigator set up a mobile trailer
|
|
in eastern Pueblo Co. Equipped with
|
|
observational hardware and monitoring
|
|
instrumentation, he maintained
|
|
watch for UFO & helicopter activity.
|
|
On the 2nd night of his observation,
|
|
he fell ill & was taken by friends
|
|
to Pueblo. Ranch family nearby saw 3
|
|
helicopters swoop down & hover over
|
|
trailer, directing a bright spotlight
|
|
on the trailer. A small airplane
|
|
had circled the area previously. (Ref. 74)
|
|
110
|
|
Sep. 22, 1975 Crowley & Pueblo Counties, COLORADO. A man in a pickup truck was run off
|
|
night a dirt road by a helicopter. He
|
|
called for help on his CB radio and
|
|
two auxiliary policemen responded
|
|
to find the victim "frantic". One
|
|
policeman fired a shot from a 30-30
|
|
rifle at the still-hovering helicopter
|
|
and heard a ricochet. Deputies
|
|
from 3 counties, guards from
|
|
the Pueblo Army Depot and Colorado
|
|
State Policemen chased the helicopter
|
|
west to the Pueblo airport before it
|
|
turned to the north and disappeared.
|
|
The chopper made a noise "like the
|
|
whistling of air coming from a tire".
|
|
Other area residents reported being
|
|
chased by helicopters during this
|
|
period. (Ref. 75)
|
|
111
|
|
Sep. 22, 1975 Pueblo County, COLORADO. A state patrolman saw two helicopters
|
|
night which appeared to set down in a,prairie
|
|
6 miles east of Boone. (Ref. 76)
|
|
112
|
|
Sep. 20, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Sept 20th-21st (Sat.-Sun.) An unidentified helicopter was heard
|
|
twice but not seen. (Ref. 77)
|
|
113
|
|
Sep. 22, 1975 Pueblo County, COLORADO. A ranch family saw three helicopters
|
|
night together north of Boone. One was
|
|
directing a bright spotlight toward
|
|
the ground. (Ref. 78)
|
|
114
|
|
Sep. 25, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. A bright airborne light which was
|
|
night thought to be attached to a helicopter
|
|
appeared to land near Sanchez
|
|
Reservoir. It quickly took off
|
|
as deputies began to move in. At
|
|
least 6 livestock mutilations occurred
|
|
in Costilla County in late September. (Ref. 79)
|
|
115
|
|
Late Sep. 1975 Judith Basin County, MONTANA. A gray helicopter was seen between
|
|
3:00 and 3:30 PM and a green helicopter
|
|
was reported between 4:30 &
|
|
5:00 PM in the same area - both unmarked.
|
|
Two choppers were seen in
|
|
the same area later. A cow in the
|
|
area was seen alive at 3:30 PM and
|
|
was found dead and mutilated at
|
|
about 4:00 PM. (Ref. 80)
|
|
116
|
|
Late Sep. 1975 Carbon County, WYOMING. Several sightings of an olive green
|
|
helicopter in the Saratoga area. At
|
|
least, 9 recent mutilations had occurred
|
|
in the county, with most in
|
|
the Saratoga area. (Ref. 81)
|
|
117
|
|
Oct. 1, 1975 Carbon County, WYOMING. Around the first of October.
|
|
A mutilated heifer was found in
|
|
the Shirley Basin area of northern
|
|
Carbon County on Sat., Oct.
|
|
4th; thought to have been dead
|
|
4-5 days. Mine crewmen had reported
|
|
a low-flying helicopter near
|
|
uranium pits "earlier in the
|
|
week". (Ref. 136)
|
|
118
|
|
Oct. 2, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. An unidentified helicopter was observed
|
|
20:00 as it flew around in an
|
|
area near Campo for l½ hours. Perhaps
|
|
12 mutilations occurred in
|
|
Baca County from September
|
|
through November. (Ref. 82)
|
|
119
|
|
Oct. 3, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Two helicopters flew over grazing
|
|
11:00 lands. (Ref. 83)
|
|
120
|
|
Oct. 4, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Two helicopters flew over Laverne
|
|
21:00 Jenkins' property, where a mutilated
|
|
cow had been found this date
|
|
(dead perhaps 3-5 days). (Ref. 84)
|
|
121
|
|
Oct. 5, 1975 Alamosa County, COLORADO. A helicopter with a bright searchlight
|
|
15:00 was seen and chased NE of
|
|
Alamosa by Undersheriff Barney
|
|
Bauer and Deputy Bill Lobato. A
|
|
similar helicopter was seen SE of
|
|
Alamosa, moving east with a bright
|
|
light shining on and off. (Ref. 85)
|
|
122
|
|
Oct. 6, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. A helicopter with red and green
|
|
20:00 blinking lights was seen landing
|
|
on a mountain southeast of San
|
|
Luis. A mutilated cow was discovered
|
|
in the same area on 10-7-75. (Ref. 86)
|
|
123
|
|
Oct. 6, 1975 Crawford County, WISCONSON. Near Eastman on Sat., Oct. 4th, 6
|
|
night cows were found dead, 3 mutilated;
|
|
owned by Richard & Dwight Boom and
|
|
Don Beckett. One other cow seemed
|
|
to be ailing. When they tried to
|
|
catch and attend to her, she collapsed
|
|
and died; 4 other cows also
|
|
seemed to be ill. Wisconsin Dept.
|
|
of Agriculture diagnostician Dr.
|
|
A.F. Krohn verified the mutilation
|
|
of the 3 animals with "a very sharp
|
|
cutting instrument". Richard Boom
|
|
reported that a helicopter flew over
|
|
his property on the night of
|
|
the 6th. A cow was believed to have
|
|
been killed & mutilated a few mi.
|
|
north of Eastman on Oct. 8th or 9th.
|
|
The cow had just given birth; the
|
|
calf was dead but untouched. (Ref. 137)
|
|
124
|
|
Oct. 7, 1975 El Paso County, COLORADO. A UH-1 "Huey" helicopter crashed in
|
|
a remote area of the Fort Carson
|
|
Military Reservation, killing 5 men
|
|
and injuring five. Speculation was
|
|
that high winds in the area may
|
|
have caused the crash, but Public Information
|
|
Officer Major Arne Anderson
|
|
refused to speculate on the cause
|
|
or to release any information on the
|
|
investigation. However, Lt. Col. S.K.
|
|
Fisk told the DENVER POST that the
|
|
cause of the crash was considered to
|
|
be "unknown". (Refs. 87, 88)
|
|
125
|
|
Oct. 7, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Two reports of helicopters flying
|
|
PM low over ranches were called in to
|
|
the sheriff's office. (Ref. 89)
|
|
126
|
|
Oct. 7, 1975 Weston County, WYOMING. On Sept. 29th, a mutilated cow was found
|
|
PM near Upton. Near Newcastle, on the early
|
|
morning of Friday, October 3rd, around
|
|
3:00 AM, Raymond "Spud" Jones was
|
|
awakened by a "high-pitched whine, like
|
|
a jet turbine starting". Neighbors
|
|
heard it, too. Other neighbors reported
|
|
to Jones later that day that they had
|
|
noticed a cow of his lying in a pasture.
|
|
On Monday, Oct.6th, Jones found the carcass,
|
|
which had been mutilated. He notified
|
|
Sheriff Willis Larson. Then, on
|
|
the night of Tuesday, October 7th, Larson
|
|
had just returned from delivering
|
|
specimens from the cow to a crime lab in
|
|
Cheyenne when, at 8:45 PM, a woman
|
|
called to report an object that looked
|
|
like and sounded like a helicopter was
|
|
hovering over a ridge NE of Newcastle.
|
|
The sheriff knew the local airport mgr.,
|
|
John Bockman, had a helicopter. But a
|
|
phone call to Bockman was answered by
|
|
him; he said he would go out to look
|
|
for the craft. Larson drove to the top
|
|
of an adjacent ridge. He told the Univ.
|
|
of Wyoming BRANDING IRON (10-14-75):
|
|
"I reached the top of the ridge and saw an object to the
|
|
west, near Highway 85 North," the sheriff said. "It was an
|
|
orange, wedge-shaped object, resembling a helicopter in
|
|
appearance. The tapered end had a bright red light. I was
|
|
confused and looked at it through the binoculars," he said.
|
|
"It was making sudden, jerky 'Z' movements, very fast, I
|
|
thought. I called my wife and asked her to call Bockman to
|
|
look at it." Bockman was already looking at the object,
|
|
however. He reported it in the same position as the sheriff.
|
|
The object descended and Larson lost sight of it. Bockman
|
|
continued to observe it and saw it go down and its lights go
|
|
out. "I called for a special deputy to take my position and
|
|
dispatched another deputy to the south so we could bracket
|
|
the object in a triangle," said the sheriff. "I then went to
|
|
the airport. The mail plane was landing at the airport just
|
|
as I arrived. Bockman pointed the object out to me. Thirty
|
|
seconds later it went up and disappeared, just like shutting
|
|
out a light. Later, as we were returning to town, a sudden
|
|
bright flash lit the sky, like a flashbulb." An hour and a
|
|
half later, the same lady called and reported the object in
|
|
the same location. "I went out to check on it again, and the
|
|
sky was split by five sudden flashes, in very quick
|
|
succession, centered in the northeast," said the sheriff.
|
|
Later, a glowing light would appear in the eastern sky, and
|
|
would be viewed by many residents. Lights rising over trees
|
|
were reported by campers, brilliant flashes were reported by
|
|
a motorist, and home owners saw strange lights. Obviously,
|
|
something strange was happening in the sky around Newcastle
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on the night of October 7. (Ref. 138)"
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127
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Oct. 8, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Gloria Claunch saw, through
|
|
early AM binoculars, a helicopter shining
|
|
a light on the ground, illuminating
|
|
what she thought
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|
were two men. (Ref. 90)
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128
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Oct. 8, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. A low-flying helicopter with
|
|
19:00 a bright red light was seen
|
|
by several witnesses. (Ref. 91)
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|
129
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Oct. 9, 1975 Costilla County, COLORADO. Deputies watched a helicopter
|
|
night land and remain on the ground
|
|
3 minutes before taking off.
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|
Two "fresh" mutilations were
|
|
discovered in the area on this
|
|
date. (Ref. 92)
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130
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|
Oct. 5, 1975 Alamosa County, COLORADO. Week of Oct 5th-9th. Undersheriff Barney Bauer reported
|
|
that unidentified helicopters
|
|
were seen all over the
|
|
county between 10:30 PM and
|
|
3:00 AM each night. Some highflying
|
|
craft with regulation
|
|
lights were seen as well as
|
|
others flying low without
|
|
lights. Helicopters were sometimes
|
|
reported with bright searchlights
|
|
here and in adjoining
|
|
Costilla County. This light was
|
|
frequently described by witnesses
|
|
as "very, very powerful".
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|
(Ref. 93)
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131
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|
Oct. 9, 1975 Weld County, COLORADO. Near Carr, CO, near the Wyoming
|
|
border, a small blue & white
|
|
helicopter was seen circling &
|
|
landing on the Sidwell ranch
|
|
and other area ranches. (Ref. 139)
|
|
132
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|
Early Oct. 1975 Uinta County, WYOMING. First half of Oct. A reserve lawman engages in a
|
|
shootout with a chopper. (See INTRODUCTION) (Ref. 94)
|
|
133
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|
Oct. 1975 Cascade County, MONTANA. A woman reported seeing a black
|
|
daylight helicopter without markings flying
|
|
from east to west. The bubble on
|
|
front was tinted dark and the witness
|
|
could not see inside. (Ref. 95)
|
|
134
|
|
Oct. 13, 1975 Weld County, COLORADO. Oct 13th or 14th.
|
|
A fairly small blue and white helicopter
|
|
circled low over cattle on
|
|
ranches in NW Weld County. (Ref. 96)
|
|
135
|
|
Oct. 13, 1975 Alamosa County, COLORADO. Oct. 13th-17th.
|
|
On each of these dates an "Army
|
|
green" helicopter, apparently unmarked,
|
|
flew west over Mosca Pass
|
|
near the Great Sand Dunes National
|
|
Monument during the day and returned
|
|
by the same route in the evenings
|
|
(see early Sept.-Huerfano Co., CO).
|
|
It "sounded just like an airplane
|
|
but we could see the top revolving
|
|
propeller". (Ref. 97)
|
|
136
|
|
Oct. 20, 1975 Cascade County, MONTANA. A woman reported a black and white
|
|
08:10 helicopter without markings flying
|
|
at an altitude of about 100 feet
|
|
over her property. (Ref. 98)
|
|
137
|
|
Oct. 20, 1975 Cimarron County, OKLAHOMA. Three unidentified helicopters were
|
|
afternoon seen near Wheeless, near the New
|
|
Mexico border. (Ref. 99)
|
|
138
|
|
Oct. 20, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. Three observers reported a low flying
|
|
20:00 helicopter without lights
|
|
over the Bill Watters ranch north
|
|
of Clayton. (Ref. 100)
|
|
139
|
|
Oct. 21, 1975 Las Animas County, COLORADO. Several unidentified helicopter
|
|
sightings were reported this date;
|
|
one known mutilation occurred in
|
|
the county this week. Fort Carson
|
|
Military Reservation near Colorado
|
|
Springs announced that a group of
|
|
military helicopters had moved
|
|
through this area on the 21st, en
|
|
route to Fort Hood, Texas. (Ref. 101)
|
|
140
|
|
Oct. 21, 1975 Cimarron County, OKLAHOMA. A family reported seven helicopters
|
|
early AM flying low over their home near
|
|
Felt. Five dead cattle had been found
|
|
in the area around this time; unconfirmed
|
|
as mutilations. (Ref. 102)
|
|
141
|
|
Oct. 21, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. Five helicopters buzzed a herd of
|
|
10:00 cattle on the Kennann Ranch near
|
|
Seneca. Note: Union Co., NM adjoins
|
|
Cimarron Co., OK which adjoins Baca
|
|
Co., Colorado. (Ref. 103)
|
|
142
|
|
Oct. 21, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. Third Week of Oct.
|
|
Scattered reports of mystery
|
|
choppers. In the early AM on the
|
|
20th, a blue helicopter circled
|
|
"real low" near Midway and a dark
|
|
green, "almost black" small helicopter
|
|
was seen heading south
|
|
into Oklahoma, (Ref. 104)
|
|
143
|
|
Oct. 27, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. Five helicopters "milled around"
|
|
evening over the Heinmann Ranch, flying
|
|
close together but not in formation.
|
|
Three helicopters were reported
|
|
in another sighting and,
|
|
during a four-hour period, several
|
|
"single" choppers were seen'. in
|
|
the area. (Ref. 105)
|
|
144
|
|
Oct. 28, 1975 Union, Quay Counties, NEW MEXICO. There
|
|
were several sightings of
|
|
unidentified helicopters this
|
|
date in eastern Union and NE
|
|
Quay Counties. (Ref. 106)
|
|
145
|
|
Oct. 29, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. Observers reported several separate
|
|
sightings of unidentified
|
|
helicopters in the area east of
|
|
Nara Visa. (Ref. 107)
|
|
146
|
|
Mid Oct. 1975 Routt County, COLORADO. Mid-to-late October.
|
|
Around the time that a 5-year old
|
|
cow was mutilated near Hayden,
|
|
an unidentified blue-green helicopter
|
|
was seen in the area. (Ref. 108)
|
|
147
|
|
Fall, 1975 Washington County, COLORADO. During the time area residents
|
|
were reporting mystery helicopters,
|
|
one rancher had 4 cattle mutilated.
|
|
One night, the rancher's
|
|
daughter was in the house alone.
|
|
She saw a helicopter fly over a
|
|
field about 100 yards away. It
|
|
flew down below a building on the
|
|
property, then flew to within 100
|
|
feet of the house. The sound
|
|
seemed "muffled". The rancher was
|
|
convinced that at least one of his
|
|
mutilated cows had been dropped
|
|
(into a pool of water) from above. (Ref. 140)
|
|
148
|
|
Nov. 2, 1975 Quay County, NEW MEXICO. A helicopter flew over 2 ranches,
|
|
night flashing red, white and blue
|
|
lights, with beams of white light
|
|
shooting out intermittently. (Ref. 109)
|
|
149
|
|
Oct. 2, 1975 Baca County, COLORADO. A helicopter flew low over a
|
|
night house south of Springfield. Perhaps
|
|
12 mutilations occurred in
|
|
the county in Sept.-November, along
|
|
with scattered accounts of unidentified helicopters (Ref. 110)
|
|
150
|
|
Nov. 1975 Valencia County, NEW MEXICO. Early November.
|
|
A rancher who had seen low-flying
|
|
helicopters over his property during
|
|
this period found that 4 of his cattle
|
|
had disappeared. (Ref. 111)
|
|
151
|
|
Nov. 1975 Johnson County, WYOMING. First Week. Hunters and ranchers reported sightings
|
|
of a low-flying helicopter with
|
|
a "pontoon-type" landing gear in the
|
|
Buffalo vicinity. Four calves were mutilated
|
|
in the Buffalo area during
|
|
this period. (Ref. 112)
|
|
152
|
|
Nov. 3, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. (Approx. date)
|
|
night Three unidentified helicopters flew
|
|
over the Howard Robinson property
|
|
and, on another night during the
|
|
week, two helicopters flew over the
|
|
Robinson house. (Ref. 113)
|
|
153
|
|
Nov. 6, 1975 Union County, NEW MEXICO. The Clayton Police Dept. reported
|
|
night that an unidentified helicopter
|
|
landed just east of town. Other
|
|
airborne lights were observed NE of
|
|
Clayton and were thought to be
|
|
helicopters. (Ref. 114)
|
|
154
|
|
Oct. 30, 1975 Union, Quay Counties, NEW MEXICO. Between October 30 & November 13.
|
|
At least 30 unidentified helicopter
|
|
and/or UFO sightings occurred during
|
|
this period, while at least 4 cattle
|
|
mutilations were reported. The FAA
|
|
announced an investigation into the
|
|
sightings of the unknown aircraft.
|
|
Despite that announcement, the FAA
|
|
has since denied having any knowledge
|
|
or information about such an investigation.
|
|
(Ref. 115)
|
|
155
|
|
Nov. 2, 1975 Cascade, Teton, Pondera and Chouteau Counties MONTANA. 2nd & 3rd (Tues.night, Wed.morning).
|
|
night Unidentified helicopters were seen
|
|
over a wide area. Included were overflights
|
|
over missile installations.
|
|
Some objects seen were reported as
|
|
helicopters, others simply nocturnal
|
|
lights. At least two helicopters were
|
|
involved as there were simultaneous
|
|
sightings in widely separated areas. (Ref. 119)
|
|
156
|
|
Nov. 3, 1975 Cascade, Teton, Pondera and Chouteau Counties, MONTANA. The previous night's helicopter/UFO
|
|
night wave was repeated. At least 2 helicopters
|
|
were reported at once over a
|
|
missile site. Malmstrom Air Force
|
|
Base verified that unidentified helicopters
|
|
were in the area. (Ref. 120)
|
|
157
|
|
Nov. 4, 1975 Cascade County, MONTANA. On the southeast edge of Great
|
|
night Falls, a law officer observed an
|
|
unidentified helicopter which lifted
|
|
off the ground and flew away. (Ref. 121)
|
|
158
|
|
Nov. 7, 1975 Fergus, Wheatland Counties, MONTANA. Nov 7th & 8th (Fri. and Sat. nights)
|
|
night UFOs were reported over missile installations.
|
|
In a reply to press
|
|
queries, the Strategic Air Command
|
|
stated that "the craft were suspected
|
|
to have been helicopters
|
|
due to hovering ability of the
|
|
craft, witness interpretations of
|
|
the sound produced and placement of
|
|
lights on the craft". Positive identification
|
|
of the UFOs as helicopters
|
|
was "precluded" due to
|
|
darkness. (Ref. ll7)
|
|
159
|
|
Mid Nov. 1975 Guadalupe County, TEXAS. A mutilated calf was found on the
|
|
10th. There were unconfirmed reports
|
|
of "silent helicopters" in the area
|
|
at about that time. (118)
|
|
160
|
|
Aug. 1975 Cascade County and surrounding counties, MONTANA. Between Aug 1975 & May 1976
|
|
Approximately 130 reports of unidentified
|
|
helicopters and/or UFOs
|
|
were logged during this period. It
|
|
should be noted that this Montana
|
|
flap (during a period in which
|
|
livestock mutilations were being
|
|
consistently reported), which involved
|
|
craft over military installations,
|
|
occurred at about the same
|
|
time as similar "overflight" phenomena
|
|
over military bases in Michigan
|
|
and Maine. (Ref. 122)
|
|
161
|
|
Late 1975 MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Late 1975-through early 1976.
|
|
Though cattle mutilations have occurred
|
|
in New England, none were
|
|
known during this period. However,
|
|
there were disappearances of smaller
|
|
animals and the mutilation of fowl
|
|
such as geese. Some of the animal owners
|
|
had seen low-flying, suspiciously-
|
|
behaving unmarked helicopters.
|
|
Ufologist and well-known abductee
|
|
Betty Hill investigated
|
|
these events and compiled a report
|
|
on the New England mystery choppers
|
|
in 1976. (Ref. 116)
|
|
162
|
|
Early Dec. 1975 Franklin County, KANSAS. Three troop-carrier size helicopters
|
|
were seen flying and landing
|
|
near Lane - one of many mystery
|
|
chopper reports during several weeks
|
|
in this area. (Ref. 123)
|
|
163
|
|
May. 31, 1976 Elbert County, COLORADO. When the sheriff and the complaintant
|
|
reached the mutilation site, the victim's
|
|
son and a hired hand were at
|
|
the scene. They said the helicopter
|
|
had circled over them, flying very
|
|
low. It was so low and so clo_se that
|
|
the witnesses could read a number on
|
|
the craft: N9143F, which was apparently
|
|
found to be registered to "City
|
|
Car Terminal Company" of Detroit,
|
|
Michigan. (Ref. 19)
|
|
164
|
|
Jun. 24, 1976 Huerfano County, COLORADO. Approx. the 24th. A rancher complained to the sheriff
|
|
that, while he was on horseback, he
|
|
saw a "military chopper" harassing
|
|
his cattle. (Ref. 7)
|
|
165
|
|
Jul. 8, 1976 Colfax County, NEW MEXICO. A white helicopter was seen in the
|
|
morning area of the Philmont Scout Ranch. A
|
|
buffalo calf was found mutilated along
|
|
an aircraft runway on the Scout Ranch
|
|
on July 10th. (Ref. 8)
|
|
166
|
|
Aug. 27, 1976 Cascade County, MONTANA. Investigators from the Society for
|
|
early AM the Investigation of the Unexplained
|
|
(SITU), looking into mutilations in
|
|
Montana, see & photograph a black
|
|
helicopter over their campsite. "No
|
|
one at any of the airports, military
|
|
installations or local agencies would
|
|
claim it as theirs". (Ref. 9)
|
|
167
|
|
Sep. 16, 1976 Pawnee County, KANSAS. A helicopter was heard flying low over
|
|
night a pasture after dark. One mutilated
|
|
cow was found in the area on Monday
|
|
and another on Tuesday. It was
|
|
thought that both mutilations were done
|
|
on the 26th. (Ref. 10)
|
|
168
|
|
Oct. 10, 1976 Wadena County, MINNESOTA. When a helicopter touched down on a
|
|
19:00 farm, a group of children ran toward
|
|
it; and it took off. There were other
|
|
sightings in the area around this
|
|
time. It was described at least once
|
|
as being silver and blue. A classically mutilated
|
|
calf was found on the same
|
|
farm (on Oct. 1st) upon which the
|
|
helicopter had landed. (Ref. 11)
|
|
169
|
|
Early Oct. 1976 Las Animas County, COLORADO. Early Oct., late Sept., 1976.
|
|
Four ranches reported 4 almost soundless
|
|
helicopters, and one
|
|
was observed as it harrassed and
|
|
broke up a cattle herd (see Introduction). (Ref. 12)
|
|
170
|
|
Early Nov. 1976 La Salle County, ILLINOIS. Sightings of a helicopter manned
|
|
by a crew wearing red suits were
|
|
verified by multiple independent
|
|
witnesses. One classic mutilation
|
|
occurred in the county in October.
|
|
There were rumors of continued mutilations
|
|
in November; but by then
|
|
the authorities had clamped a firm
|
|
lid on the matter. (Refs. 13, 14)
|
|
171
|
|
Oct. 20, 1975 Logan County, COLORADO. Oct. 20th, 21st (Saturday & Sunday)
|
|
There were sightings of strange
|
|
lights over several communities.
|
|
They were thought to be helicopters
|
|
but officers could not get
|
|
close enough to make positive
|
|
identification possible. (Ref. 15)
|
|
172
|
|
Dec. 4, 1976 Marshall County, ILLINOIS. A helicopter with two occupants
|
|
21:30 was heard and seen flying low
|
|
over farmland, while a second
|
|
chopper was heard but not seen. (Ref. 16)
|
|
173
|
|
Dec. 1976 Warren County, ILLINOIS. A few nights before a classically mutilated
|
|
cow was discovered, 3
|
|
objects identified as helicopters
|
|
were seen flying low, and slowly.
|
|
Two troopers were closing in when
|
|
the objects rapidly gained altitude
|
|
and vanished. One had a
|
|
bright light on the bottom, running
|
|
lengthwise "like a lighted
|
|
rod". (Ref. 17)
|
|
174
|
|
Mid Dec. 1976 Logan County, COLORADO. A helicopter was seen flying out
|
|
of the South Platte River bottoms
|
|
and flying to the east, low over
|
|
the river. A mutilated cow was
|
|
discovered in the area on 12-17-76
|
|
and a calf turned up missing. (Ref. 18)
|
|
175
|
|
Jan. 17, 1977 Cochise County, ARIZONA. Albert Thomas saw a helicopter lift
|
|
night up & fly around his property. Thomas
|
|
discovered the carcass of one of
|
|
his cows, mutilated, the next day,
|
|
January 18th. Other mutilations
|
|
were reported in Cochise County
|
|
during early 1977. (Ref. 1)
|
|
176
|
|
Jul. 17, 1977 Johnson County, TEXAS. Mrs. C.D. Kirkham heard a helicopter
|
|
early AM go over. A mutilated cow was found
|
|
on the property at 7:00 AM, Sunday.
|
|
A fixed-wing aircraft was seen flying
|
|
low over the same pasture the
|
|
previous evening. (Ref. 2)
|
|
177
|
|
Nov. 30, 1977 Costilla County, COLORADO. Three witnesses heard a helicopter
|
|
04:00 flying over an area where 3 mutilations
|
|
were reported during the week.
|
|
One witness saw "bright, revolving
|
|
lights". (Ref. 3)
|
|
178
|
|
Early Jan. 1978 Perkins County, NEBRASKA. Two helicopters flew low over a
|
|
ranch where a bull was found mutilated
|
|
the next day. (Ref. 1)
|
|
179
|
|
Early Jun. 1978 Las Animas County, COLORADO. On two occasions a cowboy "ran off"
|
|
a low-flying black helicopter. At
|
|
least two mutilations occurred in
|
|
June in Huerfano County, adjoining
|
|
Las Animas County (and the area of
|
|
the sightings) on the north. (Ref. 2)
|
|
180
|
|
Mid Oct. 1978 Sublette County, WYOMING. On a ranch 17 miles NW of Daniel
|
|
Junction, several witnesses watched
|
|
a white helicopter with a blue bubble
|
|
fly over the ranch house. The
|
|
chopper was so low that children
|
|
were throwing things at it. "Shortly
|
|
after that" a mutilated cow was discovered
|
|
on the ranch. (Ref. 7)
|
|
181
|
|
Oct. 1978 Yankton County, SOUTH DAKOTA. A lady in a farmhouse was awakened
|
|
by a barking dog and looked out to
|
|
see a "stock truck" backed up to a
|
|
gate. The truck left when she turned
|
|
on an outside light. The witness then
|
|
heard the "distinct sound of a helicopter"
|
|
nearby, and she could hear
|
|
her cattle running around in the
|
|
pasture. (Ref. 3)
|
|
182
|
|
Nov. 9, 1978 Benton County, ARKANSAS. Nov. 9th,10th (10:00 PM each date)
|
|
22:00 a mystery helicopter sighting at same
|
|
time each night by sheriff's investigator
|
|
Don Rystrom, who had a calf of
|
|
his mutilated (see Introduction). (Ref. 4)
|
|
183
|
|
Nov. 13, 1978 Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties, NEW MEXICO. On the Santa Clara Indian Reservation,
|
|
early AM two cows were mutilated
|
|
within a day or two of each other,
|
|
including one done on the
|
|
night of November 12-13 during
|
|
bad, rainy weather. A Santa
|
|
Clara Pueblo resident reported
|
|
hearing a helicopter early on
|
|
the morning of the 13th. (Ref. 5,6)
|
|
184
|
|
Jan. 1979 Eddy County, NEW MEXICO. Five horses were killed and mutilated
|
|
in January in the Malaga
|
|
area, south and east of Carlsbad.
|
|
There were two or more helicopter
|
|
sightings in the area of
|
|
the mute sites, mostly during a
|
|
period a day or two after a mutilation
|
|
had occurred. Helicopters
|
|
are not uncommonly seen in
|
|
the area, though, and it is unclear
|
|
whether these were marked
|
|
or identified. (Ref. 1)
|
|
185
|
|
Apr. 8, 1979 Rio Arriba County, NEW MEXICO. Between 2:00-3:00 AM.
|
|
02:00 Near consistently-mutilation-plagued Dulce, NM. Police observed
|
|
an object which might have
|
|
been a helicopter - with green &
|
|
red (like infra-red) lights hovering
|
|
a directing a spotlight on
|
|
the area of a mixing plant on
|
|
land owned by rancher Manuel Gomez,
|
|
who has had many cattle mutilated.
|
|
The noiseless object rose
|
|
and flew over the mountains NW
|
|
of Dulce. As it passed over the
|
|
mountains, State Policeman Gabe
|
|
Valdez said he could faintly make
|
|
out a form much like that of a
|
|
hot-air balloon (There had been
|
|
speculation that sophisticated
|
|
balloon-type craft had been designed
|
|
for the CIA and they were
|
|
employed in mutilation events.
|
|
Implicated in this scenario were
|
|
famed balloonists from New Mexico.
|
|
Also, 2 psychics in New Jersey
|
|
stated their impressions around
|
|
this time (Mar-Apr. 1979) that
|
|
lighter-than-air craft were somehow
|
|
involved in the mutilations.). (Ref. 9, 10)
|
|
186
|
|
May. 1979 El Paso County, COLORADO. May and June 1979.
|
|
During a period in which 4 or 5 mutilations
|
|
occurred, "dark" helicopters
|
|
were reported flying around
|
|
ranches and homes. (Ref. 2)
|
|
187
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Jul. 8, 1979 Faulkner County, ARKANSAS. Dairyman Charles.Reynolds found a mutilated
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calf on July 10th, but estimated
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it died on the 8th. On that day
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he saw a helicopter hovering over his
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pasture. Reynolds heard the motor,
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went out for a look, and the craft
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flew away. Reynolds cited a helicopter/mutilation incident which had
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occurred in previous weeks near
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Martindale, Arkansas. (Ref. 3)
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188
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Jul. 21, 1979 Conway County, ARKANSAS. A helicopter flew over an area
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AM shortly before a cow turned up missing.
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The same cow was found mutilated
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on July 23rd. There were no
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tracks or ground markings, but limbs
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on trees just above the site were
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broken. (Ref. 4)
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189
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Aug. 12, 1979 Conway County, ARKANSAS. A blue helicopter without markings
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afternoon was seen near a site where, on Aug.
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14th, a mutilated cow was found. (Ref. 5)
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190
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Aug. 1979 Faulkner, Conway Counties, ARKANSAS. Several cattle mutilations, as well
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as unidentified (low-flying) helicopter
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sightings, were reported. In
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order to service an array of missile
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silos north of Little Rock Air
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Force Base regularly flew across
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this area, but at altitudes much
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greater than 500 feet. (Ref. 6)
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191
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Aug. 26th, 1979 Perkins County, NEBRASKA. Two helicopters flew over the day
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before a mutilated cow was discovered.
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A slow, low-flying, white
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fixed-wing airplane flew over on
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Saturday, the 25th. (Ref. 7)
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192
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Aug. 1, 1979 ALBERTA, CANADA. First week of August.
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Near Blackie - About a week before
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the well-publicized mutilation of
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a valuable 2500-lb. Simmental bull,
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a helicopter hovered 'over the ranch
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on which the bull was found. The
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chopper hovered "for quite a while",
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according to the landowner's wife,
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who added: "We're in the path of
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the airport, and lots of planes fly
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overhead, but this helicopter was
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different. It stayed over our land
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for a long time". (Ref. 8)
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193
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Sep. 23, 1980 Arapahoe County, COLORADO. Littleton resident John Cumby watched
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19:00 [text cut off]
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was watching from his house. He
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called to his mother-in-law, who
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ran into the back yard. After the
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object had ascended out of Cumby's
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view, she could still see it. She
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watched the "ball" shape assume a
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"square" shape, with an appendage
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hanging out of it and "fluttering".
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The object vanished, then re-appeared
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a second or two later and
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a considerably distance to the
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(viewer's) right. It finally shot
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straight up and was lost from
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sight. No direct mutilation connection.
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However, in the autumn of
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1980, a substantial number of classic
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livestock mutilations were reported
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in Colorado. (Ref. 1)
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194
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Oct. 27, 1980 Apace County, ARIZONA. A mutilated bull was found, with
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the carcass burned on several areas
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as though "partially cooked in an
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oven". An unaccounted-for beam of
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light had swept over this valley
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near Springerville on the 24th or
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|
25th. On the 29th1 Wednesday, a helicopter
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flew directly over the mutilation
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|
site. (Ref. 2)
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195
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Sep. 28, 1981 Near Balzac, ALBERTA, CANADA.
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A bull was found mutilated on the
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Stan Jones farm north of Calgary.
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Three triangular patches were worn
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into the nearby grass. A helicopter
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had been heard the night before
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(Sept. 27-28). A helicopter was seen
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|
nearby on the 28th, as the Jones
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|
family examined the bull at the
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|
site. (Ref. 1)
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196
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Sep. 30, 1981 Carroll County, NEW HAMPSHIRE. Night of Wed., Sept.30/Thurs. Oct. l.
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night A 7-year-old Hereford cow was
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|
found dead & mutilated on the Charles
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|
Whitten property, under mysterious
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|
circumstances (see referenced
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|
source). That next day, Oct. 1, the
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|
Whittens heard a helicopter but
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|
could not see it. Then a low-flying
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|
airplane circled the pasture.
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|
There had been "talk" in a nearby
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|
town of "black helicopters" in the
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|
area. (Ref. 2)
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197
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End May. 1982 San Juan County, NEW MEXICO. A mutilated cow was found near
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MAY 1982 & JUNE 1982, end of May, first of June.
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|
Bloomfield on Fri., May 28. The
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|
owner's wife reported seeing a helicopter
|
|
on the night of Mon., May
|
|
31. Then, around 6:00 PM on Tues.,
|
|
June 1, a witness saw a small green
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helicopter hovering over the mutilation [text cut off]
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198
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Sep. 29, 1982 El Paso County, COLORADO. A cow was mutilated on September 16
|
|
03:00 on the Bill Dzuris ranch near Calhan
|
|
- a most interesting case (see
|
|
reference plus the book AN ALIEN
|
|
HARVEST by Linda Moulton Howe). Mr.
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|
Dzuris's sister, a Mrs. Kobilan,
|
|
lives on a ranch nearby. Several
|
|
times earlier in September, she
|
|
could hear a helicopter but she was
|
|
unable to see it. Then, at 3:00 AM
|
|
on the 29th, she could both see and
|
|
hear a chopper, flying low over the
|
|
nearby Larry Mikita ranch. Later on
|
|
the morning of the 29th, Mikita
|
|
found a 6-year-old cow (like the
|
|
Dzurises') dead and mutilated on
|
|
his property. (Ref. 2)
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|
199
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|
Oct. 1982 Sweetwater County, WYOMING. (late September-early November) Several livestock mutilations were
|
|
reported here (and in adjoining
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|
Daggett County, Utah) during this
|
|
period. According to Sweetwater
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|
County Deputy Sheriff Theron Wilde,
|
|
helicopters were also being reported.
|
|
On Sunday, the 10th of October, Wilde,
|
|
whose own ranch is in the area of the
|
|
mutilations, saw a small two-seater
|
|
helicopter, with a glass bubble and
|
|
a silver tail with red at the end of
|
|
the tail. It was circling over the
|
|
pasture lands. On November 7, the same
|
|
or a similar chopper flew over in the
|
|
same circling pattern. This area was
|
|
the scene of a "shootout" of sorts
|
|
between a reserve lawman and a mystery
|
|
helicopter in 1977. (Ref. 3) (Also, see INTRODUCTION)
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200
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May. 21, 1983 Washington County, COLORADO. A ranching couple near Lindon discovered
|
|
a mutilated cow (their 3rd).
|
|
A neighbor reported having seen a
|
|
helicopter over the same pasture
|
|
within one or two days of the discovery
|
|
of the mutilated animal. (Ref. 1)
|
|
201
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Jun. 3, 1984 King County, WASHINGTON. No mutilation connection in this
|
|
daytime particular incident (although animal
|
|
mutilations have been reported consistently
|
|
for well over a decade in
|
|
the area of Snohomish, King & Pierce
|
|
Counties) - but it is of interest because
|
|
of the description of the helicopter.
|
|
Michael D. Hart and three
|
|
other witnesses were camping near
|
|
a river in Central King County.
|
|
They heard a helicopter, then they
|
|
finally saw it circling low over a
|
|
dairy farm near North Bend. Through
|
|
binoculars, the craft was seen to
|
|
be all black, with no discernible
|
|
markings whatsoever. The windows
|
|
appeared tinted to prevent viewing
|
|
into the cockpit. The witnesses
|
|
said the chopper was a "Huey". (Ref. l)
|
|
202
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Late Nov. 1985 El Paso County, COLORADO. Late November or early December.
|
|
A mutilated Hereford cow was found
|
|
on the Eldon Butler ranch. The night
|
|
before, Butler had heard a helicopter
|
|
hovering about 300 yards from his
|
|
house. Initially - although it was
|
|
hovering and was "real loud" - he
|
|
thought little of it, as military
|
|
helicopters often flew over his
|
|
property. (Ref. l)
|
|
203
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|
Apr. 21, 1986 Marshall County, ALABAMA.
|
|
A female bovine was found with the
|
|
heart and vagina missing and one teat
|
|
missing from the udder. There was a
|
|
small amount of blood on the animal's
|
|
carcass, but none on the ground. Investigator
|
|
Ed Teal of the Sheriff's
|
|
office said the parts were "not just
|
|
ripped out. They're specifically cut
|
|
out. It's very weird." The site of the
|
|
mutilation was on the Vandervoort farm,
|
|
which adjoins the Tidmore farm, where
|
|
a cow carcass was found with just the
|
|
genitals missing approximately a year
|
|
previously - around April 21, 1985.
|
|
Both the Tidmore and Vandervoort farm
|
|
adjoin yet another property - that of
|
|
school principal Les Click. The night
|
|
after the Vandervoort mutilation,
|
|
Click heard a helicopter flying low
|
|
over his farm. (Ref. 1)
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